The Final Trial Dreamlight Valley Ice Heart Quest Guide
Navigating the magical world of Disney Dreamlight Valley involves completing various friendship quests to unlock new items and upgrade tools. One of the most important endgame challenges is Merlin's final friendship quest, which ultimately allows players to remove the large mushrooms blocking paths in the Glade of Trust. This guide provides a detailed walkthrough of the quest steps, focusing heavily on how to obtain the elusive Ice Heart resource.
Prerequisites for Unlocking the Quest
Before you can begin this final challenge, you must meet a few mandatory requirements within the valley. Merlin must reach Friendship Level 10, and you need to have successfully completed all of his previous story missions. Additionally, you must progress far enough with Wall-E to have unlocked him, as his unique assistance is required during the initial crafting phases.
Once these conditions are fulfilled, speaking with Merlin will trigger the storyline. He will hand you a mysterious recipe and task you with gathering rare ingredients across different biomes. Preparing your inventory ahead of time will save you significant travel time as you move between regions.
How to Get the Ice Heart
The most unique component required for this trial is the Ice Heart, an item that cannot be found growing naturally in the wild. Merlin will provide you with a special Ice Tear Seed that must be planted immediately to progress. Travel to the Frosted Heights biome, dig a hole in the snowy ground, and plant the seed using your royal shovel.
Unlike standard valley crops that take hours or days to mature, this magical seed grows almost instantly after being watered. Use your royal watering can on the crop, and within seconds, a glowing blue plant will sprout. Harvest this plant to officially add the necessary ingredient to your quest inventory.
Gathering Falling Water and Night Shards
In addition to the frozen plant, you must collect Falling Water from a specific landmark in the valley. Head over to the southern edge of the Glade of Trust where the large waterfall flows into the river system. Approach the base of the rushing water, look for a sparkling golden interact prompt on the shoreline, and collect the vial.
The final material requirement involves processing five Purified Night Shards. You will need to bring regular Night Shards and Dream Shards to a crafting station to fuse them together. Once you have crafted the five purified pieces, take them to Wall-E so he can use his machinery to crush them into a fine powder.
Upgrading the Royal Watering Can
With the crushed powder, Falling Water, and harvested plant secured, head to any standard crafting bench in the valley. Combine these unique elements under the potion tab to create the Royal Watering Can Upgrading Ointment. Bring this magical mixture directly back to Merlin to finish the final stage of the narrative.
Merlin will apply the ointment, permanently upgrading your tool so it can dissolve the massive purple mushrooms. This upgrade opens up previously inaccessible areas of the Glade of Trust, giving you total freedom to gather resources. Completing this trial also rewards you with Merlin's iconic wizard hat costume piece as a token of his appreciation.